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Asking in Confidence
“And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us; And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him” (1 John 5:14-15).
This confidence in God finds its expression in prayer in the everyday life of a believer. We are assured that, when we ask according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, we also have the assurance that He will answer. He, according to His perfect love and wisdom, promises to answer our petitions in His own time and way. In this confidence in God, we can safely rest. It is our privilege to make known our petitions to God, but not to dictate to God as to His answer. He may see fit to keep us waiting, but in the meantime, we have the consolation of knowing that He listens to everything that we ask for that is in accordance with His will. The Lord Himself said to His disciples,
“If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” (John 15:7).
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